431, [5], ci, 43 pages, [21] leaves of plates : 19 cm

With half title

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by Richard J. Hinton, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C."--Title page verso

Plates signed: Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., S.F. Frontispiece illustration captioned "Prescott, capital of Arizona". Most illustrations in text unsigned

Includes folded facsimile of: Mapa correspondiente al diario que formo el P.F. Pedro Font del viage que hizo a Monterey y puerto de San Francisco / P.F. Petrus Font, fecit Tubutana anno 1777

"Bibliography of Arizona": pages li-liv

"Advertising sheet": pages 1-43 at end

Where and what is Arizona? -- An historical sketch -- Physical and geological features -- The territory's mineral resources -- Mines, mills, and locations -- Over valley and mesa -- The upper Santa Cruz Valley -- The Santa Cruz west to Papagueria -- The Babacomori and east -- The towns of Arizona -- Agricultural resources -- Military posts and telegraph -- Climate -- Fauna and flora of Arizona -- The Indian tribes -- Miscellaneous -- The Spanish explorers and missionaries -- The ancient people of Arizona -- The ancient ruins, their extent and character -- Appendix

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